Obituaries in the newsOctober 11th, 2009 Obituaries in the newsStephen Gately
PORT D'ANDRATX, Mallorca (AP) — Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, died Saturday. He was 33. Gately died while visiting the island of Mallorca in Spain, the band said in a brief statement.
Twitter set to go video-tweeting?October 11th, 2009 LONDON - Here's good news for Twitterati - soon the users of the site may get to upload short video clips on their profiles. Founders of the social networking site Twitter are planning to upgrade the site to allow users to paste live videos on their profile from phones, laptops or other devices.
Twitter to be listed in dictionaryJuly 6th, 2009 LONDON - Social networking tool Twitter is all set to be listed in the 30th anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary. The name of the micro-blogging website, which boasts of 1.8 million users, will appear as a noun as well as a verb in the edition to be published later this year.
UK's oldest Twitter user is a 103yr old womanMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - While most ladies her age prefer to sit quietly, 103-year-old English lady Ivy Bean loves to Twitter, something that has made her the oldest user of the social networking site. Bean, a great grandmother, decided to join Twitter after she got bored of using Facebook, where she had made 4,800 friends.
Prosecutors won't seek death for engineer charged with shooting 3 at Santa Clara firmJuly 31st, 2009 Prosecutors won't seek death in office killingsSAN JOSE, Calif. — Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty in the case of a Silicon Valley engineer charged with fatally shooting three people at a Santa Clara high-tech firm.
Boston Globe agreement could attract buyer, but may not be cure-all for struggling newspaperJuly 21st, 2009 Boston Globe labor agreement could help lure buyerBOSTON — A new contract agreement between The Boston Globe and its largest labor union could make the newspaper more attractive to potential buyers, but is not close to a cure-all for the Globe as it struggles with readers and advertisers shifting to the Internet, analysts said Tuesday. The Boston Newspaper Guild overwhelmingly approved a new contract Monday night that gives the Globe's owner, The New York Times Co., $10 million in annual concessions, including a salary reduction of nearly 6 percent, unpaid furloughs, a pension freeze and the elimination of lifetime job guarantees for approximately 170 employees.
Man held for investigation of hacking estranged wife to death outside SoCal hair salonJuly 23rd, 2009 SoCal man held in estranged wife's machete deathFONTANA, Calif. — A man is under arrest for allegedly hacking his estranged wife to death with a machete outside the Fontana beauty shop where she worked.
How to Add Retweet Button in Your Post within 30 secondsApril 15th, 2009 With the advent of twitter nothing less than a storm in the professional and enterprise field, bloggers and web marketeers are becoming increasingly aware of its crowd and what it can do to you. Twitter crowd doesn't only bring your traffic but the quality of it is quite tempting.
A Twitter uprising in Iran, now a Twitter celebrity death: Jackson death was new media momentJune 27th, 2009 Jackson death was twittered, texted and FacebookedNEW YORK — "Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," the woman called out breathlessly upon boarding a Manhattan bus, moments after the news had broken. Not a word was spoken in response.
Is Twitter Enabling Stalking?July 16th, 2007 Stalking appears to be the most appropriate way to describe my recent experiences. First of all Twitter (I love the service) has changed the message from so and so is your friend to the eerie message so and so is following you.
Where-were-you moment of the digital age: News of Jackson death broke onlineJune 26th, 2009 News of Jackson's death first spread onlineNEW YORK — It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor.
Free BlackBerry Games for You this WeekendFebruary 24th, 2009 Blackberry is bringing out some of the popular games for free this weekend. These apps will be downloadable for free.
APNEWSBREAK: US military using Facebook, Twitter to reach new audiencesJune 1st, 2009 APNEWSBREAK: US military tweetsKABUL — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.
US military using Facebook, Twitter to counter Taliban propaganda, reach new audiencesJune 1st, 2009 US military Tweets to counter TalibanKABUL — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.
Top 9 Tips for a Business to Grow by Using TwitterAugust 28th, 2009 Twitter is so striking and hot now a days in internet community that I am not sure whether i will call a micro blogging site or social networking site. But it doesn't matter what you call it.
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